Delta Force: Black Hawk Down

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down is a First Person Shooter set during the United Nations intervention in the Somali Civil War. The game was developed by NovaLogic and was released on PC (Windows 2003, Mac 2004), Playstation 2 (2005) and Xbox (2006). This is the sixth game in the Delta Force series. The game also got an expansion on Windows and Playstation 2 called Team Sabre, which featured two extra campaigns, one takes place in Colombia and the other one takes place in Iran.

The player begins the game as a soldier attached to the 10th Mountain Division, taking part in Operation Restore Hope; part of the United Nations-backed humanitarian effort to end the famine in Somalia which had killed 300,000 civilians. Following the third mission, the player assumes the role of a soldier assigned to Task Force Ranger, taking part in Operation Gothic Serpent, a military operation conducted during the Battle of Mogadishu on October 3, 1993. During the latter section of the game, the player controls members of the 3rd Ranger Battalion and 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, commonly known as Delta Force.

The game is based on the 1992-93 UN peace missions in war-torn Somalia. The first few missions in the game are designed to make the player accustomed with the different types of weapons, their usage, enemy AI, (which is kind of stupid, when playing this game it looks like they're deaf, since they don't react when you fire a shot at them. They only react when they actually see you) terrain types and combat techniques. The majority of the missions involve convoy protection, providing security for food distributions, destroying weapon stockpiles, taking prisoners, etc.

The fans of Delta Force know that the earlier games in the series were very hard, but this game has been made a lot easier. In the earlier games one hit sometimes was enough to get killed, but here you can take three-five hits. You're also able to find health packs which heal you completely. Another thing that also has changed is that your freedom is limited, the maps in this game aren't that open as the maps in earlier games. Most of the time you are flown in by chopper and it all happens automatically, you only have to wait until it lands and listen to some instructions. You can also use a limited amount of quick saves which also makes the game much easier than its predecessors.

The graphics of the game aren't that special, but to be fair they have been improved compared to the earlier games in the series. Especially in the city levels you can see that the creators have put some time in the graphics. However, the desert levels mostly are very gray and bare. Another thing that I think that could've been worked out better is the sound aspect of the game. The ingame sound effects aren't that bad, but there is no ingame music. So over time the game will get boring.

The game also has a multiplayer mode, which can be played along with 149 other players. However I don't think that there aren't much people playing this game anymore since it's quite old, and there are much better titles around than this game. This is also my conclusion of the game: You can enjoy this game for a couple of days, but after you've completed the singleplayer you won't waste more time on this game, it has a low replay value.